Brewers keep Braves scoreless as Fielder drives in two runs

ATLANTA -- Prince Fielder is still looking for the first three-homer performance of his career, but he'll settle for a nice defensive play as his third game highlight.

Fielder's third two-homer game of the season gave the Milwaukee Brewers all the offense they needed and he threw a runner out at the plate in a 3-0 win over the punchless Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.

Fast Facts

• Prince Fielder recorded his 15th career multi-home run game, all since 2006. No Brewer has more than eight in that span.

• Jeff Suppan and four relievers combined on a six-hit shutout. It was Milwaukee's fifth shutout of the season, putting the team halfway to last season's 10 total.

• The Brewers improved to 6-3 in their last nine games and are 29-14 after starting the season 4-9.

• Trevor Hoffman recorded his 15th save in as many chances. He is halfway to his save total from last season.

• The Braves have lost three straight and have been shut out seven times this season, the most in the NL.

-- ESPN Stats & Information

Jeff Suppan (4-4) gave up six hits in 5 1/3 innings as the Brewers took their second straight shutout win over Atlanta and extended the Braves' streak of scoreless innings to 22.

Fielder hit Eric O'Flaherty's first pitch in the seventh over the wall in right-center for his 15th.

The Braves were held to a season-low two hits in Friday night's 4-0 loss to Milwaukee. Atlanta's scoring woes continued even after Brian McCann led off the sixth with his second career triple. Ryan Braun lost McCann's flyball in the lights in left field. With Braun holding his hands out, the ball landed behind him, a few feet in front of the warning track. McCann was safe at third with a head-first slide.

McCann took off for the plate on Garret Anderson's grounder to first, but was thrown out by Fielder's throw to catcher Jason Kendall.

"It means a lot to me to be able to help my team both ways," Fielder said of his contributions on offense and in the field.

"I was looking for something over the plate," Johnson said. "The pitches were there, but [Stetter] is a funky guy. I've seen him maybe once before. I'm just looking for him to make a mistake that I'm looking for. For whatever reason, the pitches I got, I didn't pull the trigger."

The Braves have lost three straight, and Chipper Jones left in the fifth with dizziness but left word he expects to be able to play Sunday.

Milwaukee's Mike Cameron was ejected by plate umpire Marvin Hudson for arguing a called third strike in the ninth. Hudson's cap was pushed back as the two argued face to face.

"He said I bumped him," Cameron said. "I didn't move. I just said it wasn't a strike. It wasn't a ... strike."

Added Macha: "I didn't see what happened. It may have been hat-to-hat contact."

Vazquez gave up four hits and two runs in six innings and has a losing record despite his 3.54 ERA.

"You would think that you'd scratch some runs together and give some support to Javier," Johnson said. "He pitched really well. Three runs, we should at least be in the mix there."

The Braves, who had their NL-leading seventh shutout loss, also were shut out in back-to-back games by Pittsburgh on April 17-18.

"Hopefully we can pull out of this funk," Vazquez said. "I've always said if your offense is good or not, you have to go out there and throw your game."

Game notes

The Braves' top pitching prospect, Tommy Hanson, will start Sunday's game in his major league debut. ... 1B Casey Kotchman missed his fourth straight game with a strained right calf and severe bruise on his right shin. ... RHP Buddy Carlyle, placed on the 15-day DL on May 26 with an upper back strain, has been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes after his sudden loss of about 15 pounds, according to manager Bobby Cox.